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THE DOCTRINE OF KARMA
characteristics which are the results of past karmas. The Jaina Tirthankaras have analysed and shown us what the causes are. Each living being is the substantial cause of all that it is born with. The Karmas are the unnatural veils that obscure the qualities natural to the soul.
It is the function of religion to show the path of liberation. Those who are in an unclean or impure state must know how to get rid of impurities and develop the infinite qualities of the soul.
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We shall see how man. can get rid of the impurities that hinder his soul in its progress and find out what according to Jainism are the means to achieve that end.
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